Come si SOPRAVVIVEVA alle MALATTIE nel MEDIOEVO

What if, in the Middle Ages, getting sick didn't automatically mean dying? In this video, we begin with a simple yet powerful image: a 14th-century room, a person with a high fever, no antibiotics, no clinical tests, no knowledge of bacteria. Yet medieval Europe didn't die out: it built cities, universities, trade, and art. So the question is inevitable: how did people actually survive disease in the Middle Ages? Through the theories of Hippocrates of Cos and Galen, humoral medicine, the use of herbs like sage and willow bark, and even the most controversial practices like bloodletting and fumigation, we reconstruct a complex medical system that was far from devoid of logic. We explore the devastation of the plague of 1347, recounted by Giovanni Boccaccio in the Decameron, the first forms of quarantine in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), the social drama of leprosy, and the immunity left by smallpox. A rigorous and unromantic journey into one of the most fascinating topics in the history of health. Support Vanilla with 99 cents a month 💪    / @vanilla_magazine   Follow us on Instagram:   / vanilla_magazine   You can support Vanilla by subscribing to two platforms, YouTube and Patreon: YouTube 💪    / @vanilla_magazine   Patreon 💪   / vanillamagazine   Follow us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCx... SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/30HCoX4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written and Edited by Matteo Rubboli ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📩 Business requests: business(at)vanillamagazine.it ------------------------------------